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ingenuity

/in-juh-noo-i-tee, -nyoo-/US // ˌɪn dʒəˈnu ɪ ti, -ˈnyu- //UK // (ˌɪndʒɪˈnjuːɪtɪ) //

独创性,创造性,创造力,独创精神

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural in·ge·nu·i·ties for 3.

    • : the quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful; inventiveness: a designer of great ingenuity.
    • : cleverness or skillfulness of conception or design: a device of great ingenuity.
    • : an ingenious contrivance or device.
    • : Obsolete. ingenuousness.

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Examples

  • Mamie Price, the Barclays’s cook, is a woman whose ingenuity and artistry far surpass the circumscribed opportunities available to her.

  • The ingenuity of Starship is that it just “belly-flops” all the way down—a type of free fall in which the atmosphere gradually slows down its speed.

  • Because it depends on the changing abilities of classical computers and the ingenuity of those coding them, it’s still a moving benchmark.

  • In fact, Google will emerge stronger than ever in 2021 because of its scale, leadership, and ingenuity.

  • The result is a celebration of ingenuity, what we can accomplish together when challenges both personal and global arise.

  • The public cheered Holmes when she broke away from Cruise with a similar element of challenge and ingenuity.

  • Seven Elements That Changed The World: An Adventure of Ingenuity and Discovery is published by Pegasus Books/W.

  • The legal gymnastics necessary to create such impenetrable networks is a testament to the ingenuity of well-paid attorneys.

  • Again, there was a big step forward in ingenuity and, again, there was a big step back in guts.

  • We hide behind science, in other words, and then pat ourselves on the back for our ingenuity.

  • A still more signal triumph to American ingenuity was accorded on Thursday.

  • These problems will exercise all the ingenuity and strength that Lombard Street can muster.

  • The following epigrams for tobacco jars from "The Tobacco Plant" evince much "taste, wit, and ingenuity."

  • De Lothbinière has shown ingenuity in thus making bricks without straw.

  • Their cities were well laid out, and presented evidence of educated minds and mechanical ingenuity.